Lyrics
Look here, my friends, I've got to tell you
Introduction, speaker addressing friends to convey a message
The world is out, the world is out
Emphasizing a global awareness or alert
Trouble's coming, peace is over
Warning about approaching trouble, end of peace
The king has hung the militia guard
The king executed the militia guard
Look here, my friends, I've got to tell you
Repetition for emphasis
The world is out, the world is out
Reiteration of the global alert
Trouble's coming, peace is over
Repeating the warning and end of peace
The king has hung the militia guard
Reiteration of the king's action against the militia guard
The kings men ran out in the light
The king's men go into battle
To fight their foe was a waste of human life
Fighting seems futile, a waste of life
And then they raised their fists
The king's men resist, raise their fists
Against the crushing might
Against overwhelming force
Encased the kings men sword
Their swords are encased, possibly defeated
Into their
Fragmented line, unclear meaning
Children crying for their mothers
Children mourning for their mothers
How are they to know they died
Children unaware of their demise
There'll be no help
No assistance is coming
We're fighting to be free and
Fighting for freedom
The king will regret one day
Predicting the king's regret in the future
And that's not far away
Foreseeing consequences soon
The day he hung the militia guard
The day the militia guard was executed
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